Kelp forest fish communities environmental DNA samples from Santa Barbara Channel

The dataset in this package is the processed fish community structure inferred from 12S eDNA metabarcoding in the Santa Barbara Channel. 49 water samples were collected across 11 sites in 2017 and the taxa were identified to the highest resolution possible. The raw DNA sequence has been archived in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra) under the accession number PRJNA667508. This dataset is used to support manuscript: Lamy, T., Pitz, K.J., Chavez, F.P. et al. Environmental DNA reveals the fine-grained and hierarchical spatial structure of kelp forest fish communities. Sci Rep 11, 14439 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93859-5